Thalheimer Brothers, a Philadelphia-based nonferrous scrap metal recycling company, has acquired Baltimore-based Ansam Metals, a broker and processor of cupro-nickels, monels, brass mill specialty items and other nonferrous metals.

Following the acquisition, Ansam will operate as a division within Thalheimer and maintain operations from its Baltimore location.

“Ansam is a leading recycler of cupro-nickels and monels with an unparalleled reputation in the industry built over the last 40 years,” says Rich Reiner, CEO of Thalheimer. “We look forward to working with Ben Zager and his team to continue to drive growth in those metals throughout the world.”

Ben Zager, president of Ansam, says, “We look forward to partnering with the team at Thalheimer to continue to make Ansam the best source for cupro-nickel and monel products. I’m excited to work with Rich and his team to expand the products that Ansam can process.”

Thalheimer, which has been in operation since 1939, handles brass, copper, nickel alloy and stainless steel. The company processes mixed loads of alloyed and nonalloyed scrap to produce what it calls complex blends with specific chemical properties.
 

Eldan Recycling A/S has commissioned a model E2500C cable recycling plant at Marietta Recycling’s scrap metal facility in Marietta, Ga.

The Denmark-based manufacturer of equipment for the recycling industry says the new plant can produce either copper or aluminum particles with up to 99.9 percent purity from a variety of mixed wire and cable in-feed sources.

The company also says the cable recycling process in Marietta begins with Eldan’s Super Chopper SC2118. The shredded material is then transported to Eldan’s Rasper MPR160 granulator where it is further processed. The plant can produce up to 3 tons per hour of copper and up to 1.5 tons per production hour of aluminum.

A news release from Eldan adds that with the installation of the cable recycling plant Marietta Recycling is extending its processing capabilities to include obsolete electronics. The company will be commissioning an Eldan S1000 ring shredder later in 2013.

“We are very pleased that Marietta Recycling chose Eldan for their recycling equipment,” says Ken Moulin, Eldan area sales manager. “Our relationship has grown tremendously over the past year, and both Marietta and Eldan are completely satisfied with the results.”

Eldan Recycling, founded in 1956, manufactures machinery and systems to recycle tires, wire and cable and obsolete electronics.
 

Triple M Metals, a Canadian-based scrap metal recycling firm, has commissioned a new downstream system at its 3-acre facility in Hamilton, Ontario. The equipment has been designed to process the auto shredder residue (ASR) generated at Triple M’s three Ontario auto shredders. Prior to the installation of the downstream system, Triple M was shipping the ASR to another recycling firm where the material was processed and saleable material was recovered.

The system, from Buffalo, N.Y.-based Wendt Corp., cost $25 million and will extract zorba from the ASR, which will then be shipped to consumers throughout the world, including China. Construction on the system began in February 2013.

Tom Anderson, Triple M’s vice president of engineering and mill services, worked extensively with Wendt on the installation. He says that when the system is fully operational it will be able to handle around 60 tons of ASR per hour (20,000 tons per month). He estimates that with the downstream system the company will be able to extract an additional 10 to 12 percent of the ASR into a saleable material, mostly scrap metal. The ASR will be trucked to the site for processing.

Anderson notes that while the downstream system is not extracting plastic scrap presently, it has the capability to do so in the future.

The new plant allows Triple M to extract a range of materials, including plastic-coated copper wire, sorting them out into heaps ready for shipping anywhere in the world while diverting the waste stream to a pile outside that is then shipped to a landfill in southern Ontario.

Tom Wendt with Wendt Corp., the manufacturer of the downstream system, says the equipment, including a TiTech finder, also will allow Triple M to extract coppers fines, insulated copper and mixed metals from the ASR.
“It adds a significant benefit to the company as opposed to just landfilling the material,” Wendt says.